At a meeting of the Faculty Women's Caucus of the University of Victoria on Oct. 24, the following statement in support of Professor Sunera Thobani of the UBC women's studies program was drafted. I am forwarding it to you with the names of all those caucus members who endorsed it.

"On Oct.1, 2001, Professor Sunera Thobani, Department of Women's Studies, University of British Columbia, made an impassioned speech against a war of retaliation in response to the tragedy of Sept. 11.

"As women scholars associated with the Faculty Women's Caucus of the University of Victoria, we support Dr. Thobani's right to speak her views freely, without being subject to threats or sanctions of any sort. Indeed, we believe it is our responsibility as academics to intervene in public debate in order to question the taken-for-granted assumptions that fill the media. In this troubled time, we wish to express our strong support both for the right to academic freedom and for the right of free speech for all."

Misao Dean
Chair, Faculty Women's Caucus, University of Victoria

CAROL HARRIS
PAMELA MOSS
MARTHA MCMAHON
MARIE CAMPBELL
LYNNE MARKS
SUZANNE URBANCZYK
LESLIE BROWN
ELIZABETH BANNISTER
CHRISTINE ST. PETER
HELENA KADLEC
MARJORIE MACDONALD
CLAIRE CARLIN
ANTOINETTE OBERG
LINDA HARDY
ASTRI WRIGHT
P. BEATTY-GUENTER
ALISON PRENTICE
MARIE VAUTIER
EILEAN VANDER FLIER-KELLER
ANNALEE LEPP
JUTTA GUBERLET
JUDITH TERRY
MARY ELLEN PURKIS
JOAN M. MARTIN
REBECCA JOHNSON
LAUREL BOWMAN
ALISON PREECE
LAURENE SHEILDS
KATHY SANDFORD
JUDITH PAYNE
MARGE REITSMA-STREET
EWA CZAYKOWSKA-HIGGINS
LESLIE BUTT
COLLEEN VARCOE
PADDY RODNEY
BONNIE LEADBEATER